State v. Shack
Supreme Court of New Jersey
277 A.2d 369 (N.J. 1971)
Relevant factsFree
Tejeras and Shack (defendants) entered Tedesco's (plaintiff) private property to provide legal aid, through a government-funded nonprofit, to a migrant farm worker employed and housed there. Tedesco offered to let them see the worker but refused to allow a private consultation, and when Tejeras and Shack insisted on privacy, he filed a trespassing complaint; the municipal court convicted them of violating New Jersey's trespass statute, and they appealed.
IssueFree
Whether an owner's rights in his land justify refusing to allow individuals onto the land to give private aid to the owner's employees who are housed there.